Empire Brigade
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| Name | Empire Brigade | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.154 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Cairns, Noble & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-99 (Otto Kretschmer) | ||
| Position | 57.12N, 10.43W - Grid AM 2955 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (6 dead and 35 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-7 | ||
| Route | Montreal - Sydney - Tyne - Leith | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including 750 tons of copper, 129 tons of ferro alloys and 980 tons of steel | ||
| History | Built as British Hannington Court for Court Line, London; 1936 renamed Italian Elios for Achille Lauro, Naples. On 10 Jun, 1940, the Elios was seized by Britain at Newcastle and was renamed Empire Brigade by Ministry of Shipping (MOS). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.38 hours on 19 Oct, 1940, the Empire Brigade (Master Sydney Wyman Parks) in convoy SC-7 was torpedoed and sunk by U-99 about 100 miles east-southeast of Rockall. Five crew members and one gunner were lost. The master and 34 crew members were picked up by HMS Fowey (L 15) (Lt C.G. de L. Bush) and landed at Greenock. | ||
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